Although the rate of workplace injuries in Canada has been declining over the past two decades, some workers – older women in health care, for example – are much more vulnerable to serious injuries, Partnership researchers have found. Women 55 to 64 years old are three times more likely to experience a severe fall than women 15 to 24 years old. In addition, women working in health care are three to four times more likely to incur a serious injury as men in that field.
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